Spinilophus armatus Müller & Henle, 1841
New Ireland stingaree, Black-spotted stingaree
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Only known from the juvenile holotype collected in the 1820's (1822-1825).
IUCN RedList assessment: Data Deficient (2006)
There have been no records of the species since the holotype was collected. It is extremely rare and possibly extinct, although fishing pressure seems almost non-existent in the reported area of collection. It is perhaps better treated as a naturally rare species with an extremely limited natural distribution.
Distribution
New Ireland, Bismark Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
Biology
Hypodigm
Holotype only.
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Müller, J. and Henle, F. G. J. (1838-1841). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Veit und Comp. p. 174.
Other references:
Andréfouët, Serge, Chen, Wei-Jen, Kinch, Jeff, Mana, Ralph, Russell, Barry C., Tully, Dean and White, William T. (2019). Checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with 810 new records. Zootaxa 4588(1): 1-360. [p. 44] [TreatmentBank]
Fowler, H. W. (1941). Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 100(13): 1-879.
Last, P. R. and Marshall, L. J. (2006). Urolophus armatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2006: e.T60086A12237400. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T60086A12237400.en. Downloaded on 09 June 2018.
Séret, B. and Last, P. R. (2003). Description of four new stingarees of the Genus Urolophus (Batiodea: Urolophidae) from the Coral Sea, south-west Pacific. Cybium 27(4): 307-320.
White, W. T., Platell, M. E., and Potter, I. C. (2001). Relationship between reproductive biology and age composition and growth in Urolophus lobatus (Batoidea: Urolophidae). Marine Biology 138: 135-147.
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/19804/urolophus-armatus-new-ireland-stingray
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Ireland_stingaree